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Prospect Report - March 16

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Winnipeg Jets Prospect Highlights

Kyle Connor, LW – Michigan (Big 10)

With the Big Ten regular season wrapping up this past weekend, the annual player accolades were handed out. Kyle Connor picked up both the Big Ten Player and Freshman of the Year Awards. Connor was the league’s scoring champion with 43 points (22G, 21A) in 20 games of conference play. Over the last four games of the regular season, Connor recorded seven points (4G, 3A). Overall on the season, Connor totaled 61 points (30G, 31A) in 34 games played, which tops the entire NCAA Division I scoring race. Connor and his Michigan Wolverines will now head into the Big Ten Tournament in St. Paul, MN this weekend, with their first game going Friday, Mar. 18 at 4:00 PM CT.

Matteo Gennaro, C – Calgary (WHL)

Centreman Matteo Gennaro and his Calgary Hitmen currently sit in third in the WHL’s Central Division. The Hitmen have clinched their spot in the playoffs with just three more games to go this season. Gennaro has tallied 15 points (5G, 10A) in 25 games since being traded from the Prince Albert Raiders to the Hitmen earlier this season. Gennaro has recorded six of those points (1G, 5A) over the last six games, including two multi-point games. Gennaro now has 39 total points (17G, 22A) in 67 WHL games this season. Gennaro was a seventh round pick, 203rd overall, of the Jets in the 2015 NHL Draft. He is now playing in his third season in the WHL.

Jamie Phillips, G – Michigan Tech (WCHA)

Jamie Phillips – a seventh round (190th overall) pick of the Jets in the 2012 NHL Draft – has helped his Michigan Tech Huskies win their last seven games, including beating Alaska in two straight games in the first round of the WCHA playoffs this past weekend. Phillips has an overall record 23-7-5 this year, and a save percentage of .921. Phillips’ 23 wins puts in a tie for fifth most in all of NCAA Division I Men’s Hockey. The fourth-year player has put up three clean sheets over the season and has a 2.00 goals against average in his 36 games played. Phillips and Michigan Tech will now get set to take on Ferris State in the WCHA semifinals this Friday.